“Dhaka Lab”

PAPA Lab Dhaka 13-27 September 2014 OXFAM/NOVIB invited PAPA to do a PAPA Lab in Dhaka with a mix of photographers of DRIK and officers working in OXFAM/NOVIB and the partner organisation YPSA. PAPA’s method of reading the street in shared photo-walks gives an insight in the Tactics of Life in Dhaka. The PAPA Lab will lead to a PAPA Critical City Guide (CCG), a document that will be used as a starting point for a co-creation workshop in Dhaka in October 2014. The co-creation Workshop will be given by Butterfly Works. The co-creation workshop’s aim is to develop ideas for projects for the urban youth in several cities in South East Asia. Participants are Adnan Wahid, Habibul Haque,  Tapash Paul  from DRIK, Arifur Rahman, Abdus Sabur from YPSA and  Sumana Tanchangya,  Dhana Ranjan Tripura from OXFAM NOVIB.

Girls going to School

Dhaka -  With a population of 130 million Bangladesh has around 19 million children of  primary school age (ages 6-10).  Almost half are girls.  Tremendous efforts in the past decade…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

Girl Children of slums in Dhaka City

Dhaka -  More than half of slums inhabitants are children and number of girl children are more. Girl children of slums have extremly limited opportunities for a decnt lifestyle.They lack a…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

Future of urban child

Dhaka -  There is no clear answer on what is the future of a young child who is growing in an urban slum where the essential services such as education, health, sanitation…
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. – Dhaka Lab

Fish for mass

Dhaka -  It is strange to see fishes without any flies. It is common to have thousand of flies around fish vendors. There is a saying that there is no fly…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

Enterprise run by Child

Dhaka -  Many children are found in the city who runs small business . It is not creativity or voluntary efforts . They have to do it to feed or contribute to their family…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Child labour for survival in Dhaka city

Dhaka -  The children in the urban city are forced to join workforce for their survival instead of going to school. The primary school drop outs picked up working in the bakeries…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

Causes of Traffic COngestion

Dhaka -  Its a common scenario in urban areas of Bangladesh. There was no parking facility in most of the school and when its turn off, than a huge traffic congestion was…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

Black water in the Town

Dhaka -  This is not a storage of any chemical damps . Its a water canal or water pass in the town . Its smell like a poison, eys are always burning here. Slum…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Forbidden to horn

Dhaka -  At this small office along the road with the never ending traffic jam you can register for driving lessons. You need to have nerves of steel, no scruples to push…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

Finish Photo Walk

Dhaka -  It is 13:20 when we return. The guard is still there. He keeps record of who is entering and who is leaving the building. We had a exciting walk. We…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

Electric pole

Dhaka -  An electric pole placed in the middle of the channel. The channel is surrounded by toxic waste from tanneries, Mohammadpur Beribadh, Dhaka. …
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab

Child Labor: What is other option?

Dhaka -  I was not surprised at all when I have found a boy under 16 age is working in a restaurant as a waiter instead studying at schools, but if you…
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. – Dhaka Lab

Cattles for extra income

Dhaka -  Cows are seen commonly in the streets of Rayerbazar area in Dhaka. People living in this place are mainly in lower-middle class and they do other work than their main…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

Beware of the motorbikers

Dhaka -  A biker rides his motorbike thought the footpath full of pedestrians through the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court declared a regulation that no motorbike can go through footpath…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

For Sale

Dhaka -  Used household appliances like Fridge , Television etc. are collected and repair at this shops. Self trained technicians are involved with this small enterprises . This repaired home appliances are consumed by…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Fertility

Dhaka -  The heat, the humidity and the fertile soil make Bangladesh a livable country. Published 18 September 2014 by Sumana Tanchangya Filed under Dhaka Lab Dhaka Bangladesh …
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

Dreamless Girl

Dhaka -  Due to poverty and demand of life, this girl became aged at earlier of youth. Her appears assume in suffering in malnutrition also in high depress. Though she fight against…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Chair vs Chair

Dhaka -  Two chairs! They both serve the same but say different stories. They are the stories about origin, colour, treatment, social class etc.One is candy blue, another one is brown…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

Bottles are like water

Dhaka -  Most of the people living in Dhaka face scarcity of water at least once in a day, the water that is safe to use for drinking or cleaning. In…
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab

Food color

Dhaka -  The many stalls with fresh fruits and vegetables add color to the street of Dhaka. And the taste is so much better then what I am used to eat at…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

Equal Oppurtunity

Dhaka -  Person With Disability (PWD) are neglected and not mainstreaming at the decent employment always in Bangladesh . Thus create more vulnerability and dependency among the PWDs. They are very often missing…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Development for Whom??

Dhaka -  Although Bangladesh has been made significant progress in achieving MDG 2: Universal Primary Education for All by 2015, still significant number of children remain out of schools or dropped  …
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. – Dhaka Lab

Ceiling fan in the middle of street

Dhaka -  Young man carrying a ceiling fan on his shoulder in the street, Dhaka, Bangladesh …
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab

Blue wall

Dhaka -  One man is reading a magazine in front of blue wall on the street, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.     …
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab